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Designs bv H. F. FARNY. 
Reproduced and Printed by McDONALD & EICK, 

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Y the aboriginal Indians Maize was esteemed as so precious, that 

they ascribed to it a directly divine origin. The legend, which 

%f has afforded the artist an appropriate subject for the illustrations 

which embellish our little pamphlet, is related at length in 

"Hiawatha's Fasting." Briefly and in plain prose the story runs 

as follows: Hiawatha retired to the forest to fast and pray for the 

good of his people. Wandering along the banks of the river and 

by the shores of the lake, seeing the birds and animals, the 

wild rice and berries, and the fishes, and reflecting how precarious 

were the lives of his people dependent for their food on these 

things, he cried out to the Great Spirit for relief 

In answer to his prayers the spirit Mondamin appeared to him, 

and bade him rise up and wrestle with him. On four successive 

evenings Hiawatha wrestled with the spirit, and on the fourth conquered 

and slew him. Hiawatha then, in accordance with the previously given 

injunction of Mondamin, buried him, and then, day by day, watched beside 

and cared for the place. 

"Till at length a small green feather And before the .summer ended 

From the earth shot .slowlj- upward, Stood the maize in all it.s beauty, 

Then another and another, With its shining robes about it. 

And its long, soft, yellow tre.sses." 



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"First he built a lodge for fastin.s 
Built a wigwam in the forest, 
By the shining Big-Sea- Water." 






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That the esteem in which Maize was held by the Indian has 
not been shared by his white successors is, perhaps, largely due 
to the crude manner in which it has been prepared for con- 
sumption. A little cracking of the kernel into coarse particles, 
called hominy or grits, and a little grinding into a crude meal, is 
about all that more than two centuries have seen done. Not until 
the present time has there been produced from Maize a food which 
exceeds in true food value all other Cereals, and justifies the esteem 
in which the grain' was held by its original cultivators. 

Two things determine the true value of a food. First the amount 
of nourishment the food contains, and secondly the ease and complete- 
ness with which this nourishment can be digested and assimilated by 
the human stomach. 



"On the fir.st day of the fasting 
Through the leafj- woods he wandered, 
Saw the deer start from the thicket." 




Cerealine Flakes, made from pure white Maize, contains, 
by the exactest- chemical analysis, more actual nourishment 
than any other preparation of the cereals, and this nourish- 
ment is, by the exactest test, more digestible than that of 
any other farinaceous food known. It has been found (see 
Table A, Page i6) that 

loo Pounds of Cerealine Flakes contain 89 pounds of actual nourishment. 

" " Flour (best) ■ " 87 

" " " Tapioca " 86 

Rice " 86 

" Oatmeal " 85 

" Hominy " 85 

' Buckwheat " 85 

" Starch " 84 



For simplicity's sake fractions are omitted from the above table. 



"On the third day of the fasting 
By the lake he sat and pondered, 
Saw the sturgeon, Nahma, leaping, 
Saw the pike, the Maskenozha, 
And the herring, Okahawis, 
And the Shawgashee, the craw-fish !" 




Furthermore, (see table B, page i6), it has been found, after 
the most careful test, that Cerealine Flakes is more digestible than 
Tapioca, that it digests nearly twice as readily as Oatmeal or 
Hominy, twice as readily as starch, and nearly three times as readily 
as either Flour or Buckwheat. 

As it can not be disputed that that food is the most valuable 
which contains the greatest amount of actual nourishment, and 
whose nourishment is the most digestible, it follows of necessity that 
Cerealine Flakes is the most valuable farinaceous food the world 
now possesses. 



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"Master of Ivife!" lie cried desponding, 
"Must our lives depend on these things?' 




These values of the different foods as compared one with 
another, are expressed in the following table : 



* Cerealine Flakes, value as a food, 

Tapioca, " " 

Oatmeal, " 

Hominy, " 
Starch, 

Rice, " 
Flour, 

Buckwheat, " 



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85 
59 
55 
47 
45 
36 
34 



♦These values are arrived at by taking the total nutrients ^ x, digestibility — y— then 
Nutrient— digestibility or food value = x. y. Calculated from tablei A and B. For sim- 
plicity, fractions are omitted and the results Ihrovvn into hundreds. 

This means that Cerealine Flakes has as much greater value 
as a food than Tapioca, as 100 is greater than 86, and as 
much greater value than Oatmeal, as 100 is greater than 59; 
that it is more than twice as valuable as Rice, and nearly 
three times as valuable as Buckwheat. 



"And lie saw a j'outh approaching. 
Dressed in garments green and }'ello\v 
Coming through the purple twilight, 
Tliruugh the splendor of the sunset." 




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"Suddenh- upon the greensward 
All alone stood Hiawatha, 
Panting with his wild exertion, 
Palpitating with the striiggle;" 



"And before him, breathless, lifeless, 
Lay the j-outh with hair dishevelled, 
Plumage torn and garments tattered, 
Dead he lay there in the sunset." 



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"Day by day did Hiawatha 
Go to wait and watch beside it ; 
Kept the dark mould soft above it, 




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Kept it clean from weeds and insects, 
Drove awaj', with scoffs and shoutings, 
Kahgahgee, the king of ravens." 



These food values are not merely physiological, but economic as well. A food is not 
necessarily cheap because it costs less per pound than some other food, nor dear because it 
costs more. It is as true economy to buy a food possessing the highest nourishing power, as 
it would be to pay more for pure gold, than for an alloy of gold and copper. 

As Cerealine Flakes excels all other farinaceous foods in the amount and digestibility of the 
nourishment it contains, so too does it excel them in the variety of uses to which it can be put. 
The " Cerealine" Cook Book contains two hundred different receipts showing how this food should 
be used in the preparation of bread, biscuits, muffins, waffles, griddle-cakes, fritters, croquettes 
puddings, pastries, soups, cakes, etc., etc., etc., — receipts which have been prepared by the most 
skillful professional cooks. 




"Then he called to old Nokomis Of his wrestling and his tnuni|>Ii, 

And lagoo, the great boaster,' Of this new gift to the nations, 

Showed them where the maize was growing, Which should 1 e their food forever. 

Told them of his wondrous vision. And made known tinto the people 

This new gift of the Great Spirit." 



If used with flour in making bread and cake, the bread or cake will be better, sweeter 
. and more palatable, will retain its freshness much longer and be much more digestible. It 
is advantageously substituted for part of the butter used for "shortening" in pastry. 

It can be prepared as porridge or pudding for breakfast by simply pouring boiling water or 
milk over it, and stirring for One minute on the stove. Once introduced into a household, 
Cerealine Flakes becomes as absolute a necessity as are pepper or salt. 

Its high nourishing power, its easy digestibility and its pleasing taste, most especially 
recommend its use as a food for children. 




■"Twas the women who in Autnmn 
Stripped the yellow husks of harvest, 



Stripped the gannents from Mondamin, 
Even as Hiawatha taught them." 



It is a valuable peculiarity of this food that it can not be prepared from unsound grain. 
It is carefully packed in sealed packages at the mills, and is absolutely pure. To recapitulate it is: 
First. — The most nourishing and digestible farinaceous food the world possesses. 
Second. — Capable of preparation in an infinite variety of ways, with the least possible expenditure 

of time, fuel or labor. 
Third. — It is absolutely, unadulterably pure. 

Possessing these essential, and many other admirable qualities, Cerealine Flakes may fairly 
take its rank before all other cereal or farinaceous preparations as a perfect food. 




"On the border of the forest, 
Underneath the fragrant pine-trees, 
Sat the old men and the warriors 
Smoking- in the pleasant shadow. 



And when'er some lucky maiden 
Fonnd a red ear in the husking, 
Found a maiz-ear red as blood is, 
' Nucksha ! ' cried they altogether, 
'Nucksha! vou shall have a sweetheart. 



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